Apparatus for use in cleaning buildings.



PATENTED 00T. 2, 1906.y

0. DAUDELIN. APPARATUS POR USE INy CLEANING BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED .APR.17 1905.

Inventor,

Attorneys Witnesses: N5

q AM 7H: NonRls PE1-sns cal, wAsHmcroN, tA cA CASIMIR DAUDELIN, OFMONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN CLEANING BUILDINGS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application led April 17,1905- SBTiEtl N0. 256,026.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Casimir DAUDELIN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing in the city and district of Montreal, in the Provinceof Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Use in Cleaning Buildings; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatusadapted for use in cleaning floors of buildings and the like and itconsists in certain features of novelty relating to the construction andoperation thereof, all as hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide a combined truck orreceptacle with a inopwiinging device operatively supported by saidtruck in convenient proximity to a tank, also carried by said truck,which tank is adapted for use in carrying cleansing fluid.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is aside elevational view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 isa central longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a .fragmentary section taken on line 5 5 of Fig.

2. Fig. 6 is a rear end view of the apparatus; and Fig. 7 is afragmentary sectional view illustrating details of constructionhereinafter referred to, this .view being partly in plan and partly insection, illustrating details of construction not clearly developed inFig. 2.

Referring to the parts, 1 1 are supporting wheels or rollers carried insuitable brackets 2 and 3, the brackets 2 being rigidly mounted and thebrackets 3 being rotatable for welle understood purposes. Supported bythese rollers is a truck comprising a base or platform 4, side walls 5,and rear wall 6, there being a cover-plate or shelf 7 resting upon theforward portion of the side walls.

Resting upon the platform 4 is a tank S, of large capacity, adapted tocarry a considerable quantity of water or other cleaning fluid, andauxiliary buckets 9 may be mounted upon said platform 4 and upon theplate 7. as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Secured Within the upper portion of the receptacle formed by the sidewalls and end wall is a frame 10, including side bars 11, and rotatablymounted in said side bars 11 is a spindle 12, which carries a roller 13,a crank-handle 14 being connected with said spindle for the purpose ofrotating the same as may be required. y

As will be noted in Figs. 4'and 5, the side bars 11 are slottedlongitudinally at l5, and mounted within said slots 15 are slidablebearings 16, in which bearings is mounted the movable roller 17a. Inconvenient proximity to one end of the side bars 11 brackets 17 areprovided, which are connected to said side barsand to the side walls 5,as shown in the plan view, Fig. 2, and in Fig. 4, and grooved sheaves11a are rotatably mounted in said brackets17. Connected with theslidable bearings 16 and passing over the sheaves 11a are chains 18,which pass thence over the sheaves or pulleys 19 and thence are carrieddownwardly and connected with the yoke 20.

Connected with the yoke 20 is a cable 21,

which pases under and partly around the grooved wheel 22, beingconnected with said wheel at 2S. The wheel 22 is mounted in a bracket24, which is connected with one of the side walls 5, and connected withsaid wheel is a curved arm or lever 25, which extends upwardly, as shownin the side view, Fig. 1, in full lines, where it may readily be graspedby the operator and depressed to the position shown in dotted lines whenrequired.

As will be noted in Fig. 7, the roller 17a is mounted in the slidablebearings 16, and said slidable bearings are connected by means of achanneled connecting-bar 27, with which is connected a chain 28, saidchain being connectedto a loop or eye 29, extending from said bar 27.The chain 2S is carried over a sheave or pulley 30, as shown in Fig. 1,and thence downwardly, passing around the sheave 32, which is carried bythe bracket 33 at the lower side of the apparatus. The said chain 28extends thence transversely of the truck and is connected at its endwith the spring 34, which spring is connected with the loop 35.

It will be noted that the tendency of the spring 34 is to draw theroller 178L normally away from the relatively fixed roller 13, thusleaving a sufficient space between said rollers for the insertion of amop or other cleaning implement. In convenient proximity to the IOOrelatively fixed roller 13 there is provided a box or receptacle 38,which box is provided with a cover 39, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

In cleaning large buildingssuch as cusf tom-houses, warehouses, &c.where a large area is to be cleaned, the apparatus herewith shown willbe found of special value, as by means of this apparatus a largequantity of water or cleansing fluid may be carried in the tank 8 andupon the truck thus provided, which truck may be guided from place toplace by means of the handles 40.

Connected with the rear end wall 6 are foldable legs 41, which arehinged at 41a and which may be turned down to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 1 when the apparatus has been moved to a properposition, which foldable legs serve to steady the apparatus and tosupport the same, and thus prevent tipping when the lever 25 is thrownto the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Vl/Vhen said lever25 is thrown to its lowered position, the wheel 22 is rotated, thusdrawing down the yoke 20 and carrying the movable roller 17 a intonearer proximity to the relatively 'fixed roller 13, and by means of thecrank-handle 14 the roller 13 may be rotated, so that if a mop or otherinstrument has been inserted between said rollers it may be squeezed toexpress therefrom the surplus moisture. As soon as the lever 25 isreleased the spring 34 and chain 28 will draw the yoke 2O upwardly andcarry the roller 17a away from the roller 13 to release said mop.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form orposition without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention,and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as areincluded within the scope of the following claims or of mechanicalequivalents to the structures set forth.

It will be observed that the tank 8 is carried on the truck 8a,havingrollers 8b, so that said truck may be drawn forwardly thereon toremove the tank from the truck, in which event thetransversely-extending member 7 should be raised on itshinges 7a t0provide clearance for said tank.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, a truck comprising sideand end walls, a frame mounted between said side walls, a box orreceptacle carried Within said frame, a relatively fixed roller inproximity to said receptacle, slidable bearings mounted in longitudinalslots in said frame, a roller mounted in said slidable bearings, chainsconnected with said slidable bearings, said chains extending to theopposite side of said frame, a plurality of sheaves about which saidchains are passed, a yoke connecting said chains, a cable connected withsaid yoke, a wheel about which said cable is passed, and means forrotating said Wheel to move said slidably-mounted roller.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, a truck having sideWalls, an end wall, foldable legs connected with said end wall, atransversely-extending plate mounted upon said side Walls, a tankcarried by said truck, a frame mounted above said tank, a plurality ofrollers carried by said frame, slidable bearings in which one of saidrollers are mounted, pulleys connected with opposite sides of saidframe, chains connected with said slidable bearings and passing oversaid pulleys, a yoke connecting the opposite ends of said chains, acable connected with said yoke, a pulley about which said cable iscarried, and a lever adapted to rotate said pulley.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, a truck having sidewalls, an end wall, foldable legs connected with said end Wall, atransversely-extending plate mounted upon said side walls, a tankcarried by said truck, a frame mounted above said tank, a plurality ofrollers carried by said frame, slidable bearings in which one of saidrollers is mounted, pulleys connected with opposite sides of said frame,chains connected with said slidable bearings and passing over saidpulleys, a yoke connecting the opposite ends of said chains, a cableconnected with said yoke, a pulley about which said cable is carried, alever adapted to rotate said pulley, a spring carried below said tank,and a chain connecting said spring and the connectingbar of saidslidable bearings, whereby said yoke is retracted to its normal positionwhen said lever is released.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

CASIMIR DAUDELIN. VVitnesses':

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, T. MYNARD.

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